About the Authors

Tarani Kanta Barman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Rachael Racine

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Jesse L. Bonin

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Danielle Califano

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Sharon L. Salmon

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Dennis W. Metzger

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

metzged@amc.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.